Is Drinkmate Better Than Sodastream?

I’ve been looking at getting a new Soda Maker Machine to carbonate drinks and was wondering whether Drinkmate is better than a Sodastream among all drink makers.

I looked at the pros and cons of each and here’s what I found.

The main reason is that a Drinkmate uses a different technology on the cap of the bottle or bottle of water that you fill with liquid that allows you to carbonate drinks or Sparkling Water other than just water from plastic bottles among Bottle Material. 

In this article, I will review and explain whether you can use Sodastream bottles with a Drinkmate, what kind of CO2 canisters a Drinkmate can use in the carbonation process, whether you can refill you can use SodaSense canisters with a Drinkmate, and if a SodaSense is worth it.

Are Drinkmate And Sodastream Co2 Bottles Interchangeable?

I’ve got an old Sodastream machine so I was curious whether the bottle in which you put the liquid( not the orange juice) can be used with a Drinkmate.

That’s according to an official message from the makers of Drinkmate on Amazon (source: link).

Interestingly, Drinkmate will also give you a credit for an empty Sodastream CO2 canister’s carbonation level to make fizzy drinks as well. 

So, if you’d rather have the official Drinkmate canisters then I would go ahead and exchange your SodaStream Fizzi canisters with Drinkmate compatible bottles.

Sodastream though does not recommend using any other CO₂ canisters with a Sodastream for the perfect Level Of Carbonation and Fizz Levels. 

I also have an article here on SodaStream bottles and Aarke carbonators. 

and also here on whether you can use regular bottles over Sodastream bottles.

I was interested in more info about how the crediting system works when you exchange your CO₂ canisters with Drinkmate.

Here’s a rundown of how it all works.

One difference between Drinkmate and Sodastream is that you can exchange your CO₂ canisters at various stores around the country such as Walmart and Target. Where a variety of beverages and carbonated drinks are also available.

Whereas, with Drinkmate you need to order new ones online and have them shipped. 

When you order new ones, though, they’ll send you a return box, and prepaid postage label so you can send your empty CO₂ canisters back to Drinkmate.

They say that you should be careful when you open the new box that contains the Drinkmate CO₂ canisters because it can be reused to send empty CO₂ canisters back to Drinkmate.

That way you can reuse the box rather than buy a new one, and you’ll probably also need to buy some padding.

The box that replacement canisters come in is specially designed and the old canisters fit neatly and snugly inside it.

So, it’s typically much easier to reuse the box that new canisters come in.

I’m also interested in using some SodaSense CO₂ canisters with my Drinkmate, but I was wondering whether Drinkmate will also give me a rebate for my SodaSense CO₂ canisters.

I looked into it and here’s what I found.

The easiest way is to order a new CO₂ canister with Drinkmate – as the Drinkmate CO₂ canisters work with a SodaSense.

When you do that you’ll get a box and postage for free to send them your empty SodaSense CO₂ canisters for Refill Cylinders through extra Steps.

SodaSense was another brand of soda maker or portable soda maker to make club soda. I was looking at them and wondered whether they work well and if they’re worth it.

Here’s what I found.

Here’s a breakdown of affordable soda makers of the cost comparison:

When I was trying to decide which to choose, whether they could carbonate most liquids or only carbonate water was the major factor.

But, there were some other factors, which I’ll explain below.

Here’s a table that shows the distinguishing features between SodaSense, Drinkmate, and SodaStream:

In Sodasense vs SodaStream and SodaStream vs Drinkmate,  you can see one of the advantages of SodaStream is that it’s been around a long time, and it’s had more than enough time for people to see how good or bad it is.

And the general consensus is that it’s a very good machine.

Other soda machine companies have needed to recall some of their CO₂ canisters because they became defective.

Although this is an understandable issue because SodaStream has been around for such a long time, in my opinion, they’ve had time to iron out all the kinks in their machines.

How the machine looks

Then beyond that, the main thing was how each machine looked.

You may prefer the design of one of the soda machines over the other.

For example, I personally think Sodasense and Drinkmate look virtually identical to make carbonated drinks.

However, the Sodastream looks much different, and I prefer the design of the Sodastream machine.

But, at the end of the day which machine you think looks the best is a matter of personal preference.

Since I was thinking about getting a new Drinkmate, I wanted to know whether a Drinkmate bottle or bottle of seltzer and/or the CO₂ canister will work in a SodaStream.

However, you can use SodaStream CO₂ canisters with a Drinkmate, and they will exchange them.

I’m looking at getting a Drinkmate and wanted to know if it comes with the CO₂ canisters or whether you need to buy them separately.

Here’s a breakdown of the average price difference:

As you can see $110 minus $30 for the CO₂ canister comes out to $80.

Therefore, it’s actually slightly cheaper to buy just the machine only and buy the CO2 canister separately.

The one caveat is that Drinkmate only sells CO₂ canisters in sets of 2.

And the price is $60 for 2x 60L CO₂ canisters.

So, you need to buy two in order to get one.

The good news is that Drinkmate and some of the other soda machine makers recommend having 3 CO₂ canisters on hand.

That way you’re less likely to run out completely.

And as a result, you don’t need to wait for the new CO₂ canisters to arrive in the post.

So, a 60L CO₂ canister is a good size because you can use other brands of CO₂ canisters on a Drinkmate.

But, how long does a 60L CO₂ cylinder last?

However, if you have other people in your household, you’ll likely use a lot more.

A general rule of thumb is that 1 person will use a 60L canister in 6 months.

You can divide that by the number of people that use it.

For example, if you have a family of 4 you should divide 6 months by 4. Which is 1.5 or 1.5 months.

I put this info in a table, to make it easier to see:

However, that’s making the assumption that one person will drink 2 liters of soda a week. 1 cup of soda is equal to 250 mL. Therefore, if you drink 2 cups of soda a day then you would drink around 2 liters of soda a week.

Well, there you have it, most of the main points about whether a Drinkmate is better than a Sodastream, as well as, other interesting info about different topics related to soda makers.